 Livia Kohn, Daoist Mystical Philosophy
Originally published by State University of New York Press in 1991, Taoist Mystical Philosophy went out of print and the copyright reverted to the author. She has now updated the terminology and bibliography, and makes the book accessible again in electronic format. More ....
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 Livia Kohn, Chen Tuan: Discussions and Translations
Based on the author's dissertation on Chen Tuan (Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 1981) and on several articles, this presents materials only partly included in either. The work consists of three discussion essays on Chen Tuan as an immortal and his role in the legitimation of the Song dynasty, plus six translations of both biographical and religious materials associated with him. More ....
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 Livia Kohn, Living with the Dao: Conceptual Issues in Daoist Practice
Daoist practice is often seen as a predominantly physical and meditational activity, where the alignment of the body and harmonization of qi bring about the transformation of the emotions and unfolding of the spirit. While this is entirely plausible, progress along the path in all cases also requires the rethinking and reformulation of one's basic ideas about the world, the adjustment of the mind and one's sense of ideneity to the flow of the Dao.
Little has been written on this subject, practitioners focusing largely on the presentation of techniques, while thinkers and scholars tend to concern themselves mainly with cosmological, philsophical, and historical issues. This collection is designed as a first step to fill this gap, and for this it presents ten papers on difference conceptual issues relevant to Daoist practice. More ....
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 Livia Kohn, Supplement to Cosmos and Community
This presents translations of fifteen texts from the Daoist canon and supplementary materials containing precepts that have shaped the religious practice over the millennia. It begins with the Baopuzi and its rules for successful immortality, then has texts from the Celestial Masters, Highest Purity, and Numinous Treasure schools as well as the important collection "Precepts of the Three Primes." Among later works, it has specifically the precepts regarding ritual vestments, which appear both in a Tang text and in laterp precepts, and the "Precepts of Medium Ultimate" of Complete Perfection. More...
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 Livia Kohn, Xiaodaolun (Laughing at the Dao)
The Xiaodao lun (Laughing at the Dao) is an important document of the debates among Buddhists and Daoists in sixth-century China. These debates contributed to the process of cultural adaptation of Buddhism, which had to accommodate itself to the worldview of the Confucian elite, the Chinese sense of ethnic superiority, and China’s indigenous religion of Daoism. Written by the Daoist renegade Zhen Luan in the year 570, the text aims to expose inconsistencies in Daoist doctrine, cosmology, ritual, and religious practice. In this effort it presents many aspects of Daoist doctrine and practice, providing ample citations from numerous Daoist sources often otherwise lost. More...
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